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Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2010

Opposition: Church Eaton
Date : 2nd May 2010
Start Time : 2:00pm
Venue : Away
Competition : Friendly
Result : Lost by 4 wkts
Report : Dave Forster
Toss : Lost
Umpires: Forster/Hughes/Pinfield/Gardner etc
Scorer: Hoddy
Weather: Cold
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Church Eaton v Lichfield Nomads
Scores: Nomads 133 for 6; Church Eaton 134 for 6
Result: Nomads lost by four wickets

Nomads yet to get off the mark

With a couple of late withdrawals Nomads arrived with only 10 players, including the late addition of Phil Craddock (possibly another of E. Nesbitt’s famous group?) who played a good fielding part and added a few useful runs at the end. The pitch, as last year, proved to have somewhat unpredictable bounce, anywhere between nose and ankle as the Nomads openers strived to make serious progress against the Church Eaton opening bowlers, the score mounting to 66 without loss by drinks and a further 16 had been added by the 22nd over when Gardner nicked one behind for the same score as he got in this fixture last year. As we know ‘one brings two’ and so it proved as Pinfield followed almost immediately for a gritty 16. Fortunately Church Eaton bowlers were helping the score along with a liberal selection of wides as Nomads continued to struggle in the last 10 overs, Caygill played a couple of sweet shots but was undone by Greaves, Pickering dangled his bat to one that would have added to the wide tally if he’d just stayed still and Hughes lifted his head once too often as he was superbly caught by the fielder running back. In all a difficult innings for Nomads, perhaps 30 or so runs short against a generally much younger Church Eaton side, most of who appeared to have played either on Saturday or in the morning.

Nomads’ spirits were good as they took to the field. Hughes was extracting considerable swing, though Hoddy at the other end was having unusual difficulties with line and length. Hughes’ swing proved too much for both openers as they nicked balls to Gardner. A further chance came when a difficult caught and bowled deflected off Hughes’ hand. Forster replaced Hoddy and although the ball was turning at this end, Guest was intent on smothering everything, taking big strides and dead-batting regularly. Craddock became truly Nomad-like as he threw the ball over the boundary attempting to pull it back! However Greaves went for one shot, into what was previously no-man’s land, too often and found the clearly-invisible Westwood’s safe hands. At 40 for 3, soon to be 55 for 4 Nomads might have had a chance, unfortunately Hughes failed to hold onto a regulation chance, dropping into his hands, from Guest, off Westwood’s bowling and although Westwood secured a couple of dubious lbw decisions, after failing to get one which was ‘about as plumb as they come’ (as quoted from square leg [and others with a better view]). Despite being six down Church Eaton were still batting strongly and racing towards their target, hence another drop by Hughes at mid on, almost identical to the previous effort, only denied a wicket for George.

Despite the defeat Nomads were upbeat about their performance but with Bloxwich up next we will need to bowl a much straighter line, as 25 wides here was not typical and might have been the difference.

Lichfield Nomads

 

Church Eaton

  How Out Bowler Total     How Out Bowler Total

Gardner  

c

Goddard

45

 

Holdcroft

c Gardner

Hughes

0

Pinfield

lbw

Burslem

16

 

Burslem

c Gardner

Hughes

0

Caygill

b

Greaves

9

 

Greaves

c Westwood

Forster

25

Pickering

c

Greaves

1

 

Brereton

c Westwood

Hughes

15

Westwood

b

Jones

8

 

Guest

lbw

Westwood

24

George N

not out

 

4

 

Salmon

lbw

Westwood

17

Hughes

c

Colcroft

2

 

Smith

not out

 

21

Craddock

not out

 

5

 

Beech

not out

 

6

Hoddy

 

 

 

 

Burslem

 

 

 

Forster

 

 

 

 

Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franks

 

 

 

 

 

Extras b5, lb2, w27, nb1

35

 

 

 

Extras b2, lb1, w25

28

 

 

Total for 6 wickets

133

 

 

 

Total for 6 wkts

134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall of wickets: 82, 82, 89, 102, 113, 123

 

Fall of wickets: 0, 1, 40, 55, ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Franks 5-0-13-0; Jones 6-1-19-1; Beech 7-0-37-1;

Burslem J 8-3-20-1; Salmons 7-3-10-0; Greaves 4-0-13-2; Colcroft 1-0-6-1; Guest 1-0-5-0; Brereton 1-0-5-0

 

Hughes 8-2-19-3; Hoddy 4-1-23-0;  Forster 8-1-30-1; Westwood 7-1-34-2; George N 3-0-23-0

 

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